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SUMMARY:Now for the Hard Part: Building State Capability for Implementatio
 n as the Frontier Development Issue’ - Michael Woolcock\, World Bank
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CONTACT:Dr Charlotte Sausman
DESCRIPTION:Michael Woolcock (Lead Social Development Specialist at the Wo
 rld Bank) will be talking about his forthcoming book on the problems and c
 hallenges of implementation within development particularly the role of 'a
 daptive' programing in addressing complex development challenges. \n\nAndr
 ew Long (Head of Profession for Social Development) at the UK’s Departme
 nt for International Development with act as discussant. \n\nSPEAKER BIOS\
 nMichael Woolcock is Lead Social Development Specialist in the World Bank
 ’s Development Research Group\, where he has worked since 1998. He is al
 so a (part-time) Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard University’s Kenne
 dy School of Government. He has worked for many years on policy implementa
 tion issues\, mostly recently in a book (with Hana Brixi and Ellen Lust) e
 ntitled ‘Trust\, Voice and Incentives: Learning from Local Success Stori
 es in Service Delivery in the Middle East and North Africa’ (World Bank 
 2015). In 2014\, an earlier paper he wrote on this issue (with Lant Pritch
 ett and Matt Andrews) was awarded the ‘best article’ prize by the Amer
 ican Sociological Association’s section on International Development\, a
 nd a book stemming from this article -- on which he will speak at Cambridg
 e -- is forthcoming with Oxford University Press. From 2006-2009 he was th
 e founding Research Director of the Brooks World Poverty Institute at the 
 University of Manchester\, and is currently based in Malaysia\, helping to
  establish the World Bank’s new (first ever) Knowledge and Research Hub.
 \n\nAndrew Long is currently Head of Profession for Social Development at 
 DFID\, Andrew is a Social Development specialist with 20 years + experienc
 e. PhD in Social Anthropology from London School of Economics and Politica
 l Science (LSE). Field experience\, research and development work in Afric
 a\, Asia and the Middle East. Significant experience on conflict and socia
 l development\, with focus on women peace and security (including 2 years 
 senior advisor Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)). Skills in community
  driven development and participatory approaches\, and sub-national govern
 ance with wider sectoral interest in natural resources management and wild
 life conservation\; social protection and public works\; services delivery
 \, support for civil society on empowerment and accountability.\n
LOCATION:SG2\, Alison Richard Building\, POLIS
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